Scrap-book



(No Modei.) H. A. HULBURD.

SCRAP BOOK.

No. 330,897. Patented Nov. 24, 1885.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,897, dated November 24, 1885. Application filed February 11, 1885. Serial No. 155,617. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET A. HULBURD,

a citizen of the United States, residing atv Perrysburg, in the county of Wood and State of Ollio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Scrap-Books, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to what are commonly known as scrapbooks77 Books have been heretofore provided for the'collection of scraps and clippings; but such books have not been provided with any means whereby the clippings could be systematically arranged; hence the latter were placed miscellaneously, and clippings relating to the same subject scattered throughout the book, thus causing much annoyance and vexatious delay in searching for a scrap or clipping bearing on a certain subject on which information was desired.

My invention has for its object to obviate the above-mentioned'difculties, and to provide a scrap-book whereby clippings may be classed, and those relating to the same subject be ioun d together, and, further, to provide a book with a series of pockets suitably labeled for the temporary reception of articles preparp atory to permanently pasting or otherwise attaching them to the leaves of the book in their proper divisions or class.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a book divided into a series of sections, each having a pocket at one end of the book, said pockets being arranged upon the inside of the cover of the book separate from the sections and labeled to correspond to the sections to which they relate, in order that clippings may be systematically kept according to the division or class to which they belong preparatory to permanently placing them in their respective divisions in the book, as before mentioned.

In the drawings, Figure lis a plan of the book with the front leaf or cover thereof thrown back, and showing the index of the divisions. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the inner side of the back cover of the book, and showing the arrangement of the pockets thereon; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section showing a modified form of pocket.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents my improved scrapbook, which, in the present instance, l have divided into the following divisions or classes: bibliography, philosophy, theology, sociology, philology, natural sciences, useful arts, fine arts, literature, and history, though I do not wish to be limited to this classification, as in the case of a doctor the book might be divided into classes representing different diseases, their treatment, and facts bearing thereon, which would be of interest to one of the medical profession, while in the case of a lawyer the book might be divided for the reception of such data as he might desire to collect.

The book is divided into as many sections of any number of leaves each as there are divisions or classes, which in the present instance is ten; hence the book is divided into ten sections, each containing as many leaves as is thought necessary. The front leaf to each section is provided with a label arranged vertically upon the same, and showing the subject upon which said division treat-s, and said front page of each section is also provided with a label having thereon the different subjects in which the main division is divided. In the back are arranged, in tiers of preferably four,pockets adapted to receive clippings or scraps preparatory to permanently placing them in their proper place in the book. The two lower tiers contain three pockets, each suitably labeled, and the upper tier contains four pockets, thus making in all ten pockets, one for each section.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 I employ two pockets to a page, and make use of five pages where there are ten divisions. In this case a sheet of stiff paper or fabric is attached to the page about midway between the two ends thereof. The page is now divided into two sections,and the inner ends of said sections are turned inwardly on the attached portions, as at c, so thattheir edges meet. The ends of the paper are then creased, as shown at b, to form a nap, c, and the ends of the sections secured to the leaf in any suitable manner. Each of these pockets, as before stated,

is labeled or marked to indicate to what class roo the articles or clippings therein contained belong.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A scrap-book divided into a series of seo- 5 tions and a pocket for each section, said pookets being arranged at one end of the book, substantially as set forth.

2. A scrap-book divided into a series of sections and a series of pockets upon the inside 1o of the cover of the book, the pockets being separate from the sections and labeled to correspond to the section to which they relate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HARRIET A. HULBURD.

Vitnesses:

C. A. HAMPTON, AMELIA G. WITZLER. 

